The man suspected of fleeing the scene of a crash in Pasadena that killed another man early Sunday was arrested at his home in Alhambra later in the day, officials said.

Police said Robert Michael Ybarra, 34, was the driver of a white SUV that collided with a black Honda sedan in the intersection of Colorado and Sierra Madre boulevards at about 2 a.m. Sunday, said Lt. Max Dahlstein of the Pasadena Police Department.

The Honda was travelling eastbound through the intersection when it was struck by the SUV driving south. Lt. Bill Grisafe with Pasadena police said the impact from the collision was “severe.”

“It sent the black Honda over a median and several hundred feet away,” he said.

The man driving the Honda was pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver of the SUV was injured. Witnesses to the crash told police they spoke with the SUV driver immediately after the crash, but he soon fled on foot.

The victim was only described as a man in his 20s. Dahlstein said the coroner’s office had not yet publicly identified him pending notification of his next of kin.

At around 1 p.m., Ybarra was detained by Alhambra police at the home where he was staying on suspicion of hit and run, before officers from Pasadena picked him up. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was awaiting surgery to treat injuries he suffered during the crash.

Dahlstein said his injuries were not considered to be life threatening.

Police were investigating whether impaired driving may have caused the crash, investigators said they suspect Ybarra was driving under the influence.

Pasadena police asked anyone who saw the crash to call them at (626) 744-4501.

City News Service contributed to this story.

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Joshua Cain is a crime and public safety reporter for the Southern California News Group, based at the L.A. Daily News in Woodland Hills. He has worked for SCNG since 2016, previously as a digital news editor in the San Gabriel Valley, helping cover breaking news, crime and local politics.